Nation Building and the Origin of Government, Period 5, Class 9, Thursday, 3-10

[glasses-justice.livejournal.com]

Class today was meeting in the computer lab.

"Okay," Alex said. "I apologize, first of all. We're taking a brief hiatus from the syllabus and typical class matters, this week. Class will return next week in its full discussion glory."

She held up a box. "This week, we're playing a computer game. One that starts you as the leader of a very small civilization -- just a few settlers in a town -- and asks you to conquer the world, all the while making decisions about what technologies you would like to pursue and how best to keep your citizens happy."

"So." She nodded at them. "You'll encounter some of the pitfalls we've discussed here, and hopefully that means you'll learn something. Shall we?"

Comments

During the ... Lecture? - NAT09

[glasses-justice.livejournal.com]

There really isn't one. So, pick a computer and settle in.

Re: During the ... Lecture? - NAT09

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Oh, Alexander picked a computer, sure. That wasn't a problem.

The problem was that now he actually had to use it. He'd mostly successfully managed to avoid these strange computative boxes for his duration at the school, but now realized he was faced with having to putz around it and hopefully figure out what he might be trying to do.

Re: During the ... Lecture? - NAT09

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

Squall plopped himself down in front of a computer. Whatever.